LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

later

later m (genitive lateris)
Classical[ˈɫa.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈlaː.ter]

Meaning

  1. masculinebrick, tile
  2. masculineingot, bar (of precious metal)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelaterlaterēs
genitivelaterislaterum
dativelaterīlateribus
accusativelateremlaterēs
ablativelaterelateribus
vocativelaterlaterēs

lăter, ĕris, m. Sanscr. root prath-, widen; prathas, breadth; Gr. πλατύς, πλάτος,
I. a brick, tile.
I. Lit.: nil mirum, vetus est maceria, lateres si veteres ruunt, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 49 sqq.: in latere aut in caemento, ex quibus urbs effecta est, Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98; cf.: paries crudo latere ac luto constructus, Col. 9, 1, 2: contabulationem summam lateribus lutoque constraverunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 9: lateres de terra ducere, to make, Vitr. 2, 3, 1: lateres coquere, to burn, id. 1, 5: sepimentum e lateribus coctilibus, burnt bricks, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4.—Prov.: laterem lavare, to wash a brick, = πλίνθον πλύνειν, i. e. to wash the color out of a brick, to labor in vain, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 8; but cf. Lucil. Sat. 9, 19.—
II. Transf.: lateres aurei, argentei, bars, ingots, or wedges of gold, of silver, Plin. 33, 3, 17, § 56; Varr. ap. Non. 131, 15; 520, 17.

Origins

Uncertain. * Perhaps cognate to latus, lateris n (“side, flank”), itself of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to lateō, from *leh₂- (“to be concealed”).

Descendants
  • Sardinianlàdaru
  • Sardinianlàdere
  • Sardinianlàdini
  • Sardinianladri
  • Sardinianlàdrini
  • Sardinianlàdriu
  • Sardinianlàdiri
  • Sardinianlari
  • Old Spanish*ladre

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesLaterLater dim. LATERCULUS (πλίνθος, dim. πλινθίς, πλινθίον), a brick. Besides the Greeks and Romans, other ancient nations employed brick for building to …

Quick answers

What does later mean in Latin?
later, a noun, means “brick, tile; ingot, bar (of precious metal)”.
What is the genitive of later?
The genitive singular is lateris. later is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce later?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫa.tɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlaː.ter].